Sr Manager, Software Development Engineering, Workday Community

Your work days are brighter here. We’re obsessed with making hard work pay off, for our people, our customers, and the world around us. As a Fortune 500 company and a leading AI platform for managing people, money, and agents, we’re shaping the future of work so teams can reach their potential and focus on what matters most. The minute you join, you’ll feel it. Not just in the products we build, but in how we show up for each other. Our culture is rooted in integrity, empathy, and shared enthusiasm. We’re in this together, tackling big challenges with bold ideas and genuine care. We look for curious minds and courageous collaborators who bring sun-drenched optimism and drive. Whether you're building smarter solutions, supporting customers, or creating a space where everyone belongs, you’ll do meaningful work with Workmates who’ve got your back. In return, we’ll give you the trust to take risks, the tools to grow, the skills to develop and the support of a company invested in you for the long haul. So, if you want to inspire a brighter work day for everyone, including yourself, you’ve found a match in Workday, and we hope to be a match for you too.

Join one of Workday's key strategic engineering organizations crafting the future of digital customer success! Our team, Community Engineering, has amazing workmates who are dedicated to building solutions that delight our customers. We collaborate daily and actively encourage each other to innovate and have fun while solving exciting problems. Our team is guided by Agile, Dev Ops and SRE principles; we collaboratively design, implement, and deploy software solutions that delight Workday Customers as they deploy and maintain Workday, build connection, improve customer satisfaction, and stay connected to Workday. Does the idea of working with great people excite you? We invite you to chat with us further about the systems we build, the goals we have, and the people we need to grow our amazing team!

As a Senior Engineering Manager, you will act as a key leader for a team of engineers operating independently in our Pune office to design, build, and deploy new software spanning multiple platforms and services. You will set the tone, leading not just the work, but the culture for our Workmates, representing them to cross functional leaders and the broader Customer Success organization within Workday. Guide engineers of varying skillsets and focuses in their daily work, invest in their growth and careers, and enable them to thrive as part of a larger team. Collaborate with Product Managers, Program Managers, and other Engineering Leaders to define a strategy for delivering on your roadmap responsibilities, clarify and communicate risk, and help us make important decisions to deliver for the business.

Basic Qualifications: 12+ years of total experience and 6+ years of leading and developing software development engineering teams of multiple roles, including but not limited to development, quality assurance, dev-ops and automation engineering. Expertise in software development engineering; defining, implementing, and evolving development processes, tools, and strategies for high-quality software delivery. Enthusiastic and proficient communicator, collaborator, and leader. Has the empathy and patience to lead across teams, unify individuals while setting a high bar for performance. Ability to work flexible hours in the evenings, 2-3 nights a week in order to collaborate with key stakeholders and leadership in North America timezones. Proven hiring and performance management capabilities, having hired and ramped up multiple employees ranging from junior to senior roles across different engineering roles, collaborating with recruiting and onboarding teams to train employees up to successful outcomes. Other Qualifications Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or related discipline. Understanding of Software